A new blood test developed in Australia promises to transform how coeliac disease is diagnosed, removing the need for patients to eat gluten – the very substance that makes them ill. For people like Eliza Long, who was diagnosed at age 11, this advancement could spare others the difficult experience she endured. “Knowing that what I was eating was going to make me feel really unwell was quite concerning,” said Long, now 23. Coeliac disease affects about 1 in 70 Australians – roughly 350,000 people. It’s an autoimmune condition where consuming gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley) … Continue reading Australian Blood Test Ends Gluten Challenge Nightmare for 80% of Undiagnosed Coeliac Disease Patients